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Do you guys think that as the fall gets closer, more carriers will come on board. I have Atlantic broadband, and I absolutely hate it. I am wanting to go with Directv, but I don't know if they are going to carry it either

As I posted before, there will probably lots of hand-wringing from both the network and the providers about how they are all for bringing you the programing you want, but the other side has greedily placed profit over service and is holding them hostage over the whole situation.

Then within a few weeks of launch, announcements will come one-by-one how a [grudging] agreement has been reached and it's a WIN for the fans

yep, this will entail renegotiating contracts between the content provider (ESPN) and the individual TV systems (Cable and Sat providers)

from what I have seen at this point, dont expect the SEC network to be carried on the same "Basic" tier that normal ESPN and ESPN2 are on for most carriers. This means that if your provider allows you access to the basic tiers without having to have any equipment (cable boxes) then you will likely have to pick up and rent a box from the provider in order to receive the SEC network.

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Just signed it. I am sure they will work it out by fall but it is annoying not knowing if my cable provider wil carry it. I'm a Verizon Fios subscriber and we already get the big 10 network with basic package so I'm holding out hope the SEC network will also be on the basic package.

Any company.. be it Charter, Time Warner Cable/Comcast, Dish, AT&T.. that doesn't pick up the SEC Network is committing company suicide.

Sports fans will switch, even if it's to the darker piracy side. I'm confident that all the major networks will have the deal before the end of August. If not, they will scramble to fix it for their stocks.

Do you guys think that as the fall gets closer, more carriers will come on board. I have Atlantic broadband, and I absolutely hate it. I am wanting to go with Directv, but I don't know if they are going to carry it either

Uverse is carrying it, and there is a Uverse option through DirectTV.

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As I posted before, there will probably lots of hand-wringing from both the network and the providers about how they are all for bringing you the programing you want, but the other side has greedily placed profit over service and is holding them hostage over the whole situation.

Then within a few weeks of launch, announcements will come one-by-one how a [grudging] agreement has been reached and it's a WIN for the fans

Yep, I will be very surprised if any cable companies within the SEC footprint do not end up carrying it. It's all price negotiating at this point.

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"Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that."
Bill Shankly, YNWA!